"Pitch is very dry, there are patches where spinners will be landing the ball, said Ravi Shastri before the match begun.

He said this game will be played on pitch no.5. "It's different from the one used for India vs Pakistan," saysShastri

"It looks very dry on the surface and not much rolling. It looks dry and patchy, especially in the area where spinners land the ball. During the Pakistan game, there was a little bit of sheen because of rolling. Batting first and getting runs on the board is premium but a side like India that has all bases covered won't be bothered." Hayden reckons Zampa will be the X-factor with the ball for Australia."

Indian Captain Rohit Sharma, before the match had a long and hard look at the strip and felt that there was a slight difference in the pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

That wicket (Pakistan game), there was no grass on it. This wicket has some grass on it. That wicket looked a lot more drier than this one - I don't know, maybe you know, I still haven't looked today how the wicket is but from my understanding obviously it's slightly going to be on the slower side.," the skipper said before the final.

With India losing the toss and getting the opportunity to bat first, which they initially wanted to, let's see is India at their home nation will able to clinch the 2023 World Cup victory!